Real Interns, Real Results at Blockspoon — A One-Month Record | Digital Badges

I got to do real data analysis in a working context and worked with BigQuery, which I hadn’t really used before. I grew a lot in both proficiency and insight, and most importantly I feel proud that I contributed positively to Kolleges’s growth.

Working with Minjun on app development meant we could complete it in a short amount of time. The fast feedback from the other developers and designers made the work really fun.

I was very satisfied. The scope of the work was exactly right for the timeframe, and it was a hugely beneficial experience for my developer career. The frontend and backend developers handled requests fast, so the work was satisfying.

If you have ambition for your own job role, you can take away a lot.

It really depends on the company. A friend of mine went to another company as an intern and just sat around for a month doing nothing. It was easy, but they got nothing out of it.

I also think company choice is critical. We had an already-commercialized web service, which made it easy to build the app — but a friend of mine had to build an app within a month from a state with no source code, and they’re pulling all-nighters every day.

They say proof matters in today’s job market, right? It was novel and great to be able to prove my experience with an NFT digital badge. After sharing it on LinkedIn, a lot of people in my network paid attention.

At first I wasn’t sure what a digital badge was, but knowing it’s issued on the blockchain made it feel even more special. It feels like one more unique experience added to my portfolio.

When I shared the certificate with friends and colleagues, other developers asked a lot about the one-month internship program. There seem to be many people who want short, intensive practical experience like I had.